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The law ensures people who use state-regulated insurance, such as Medicaid, have access to crucial testing for determining treatment.
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It is the latest in a series of legal actions over access to abortion in New Mexico, although the procedure remains legal here and a new law prevents municipalities interfering in reproductive care.
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For the second year in a row, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has vetoed raises for the state’s judges and justices that the Legislature had approved.
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Lawmakers approved a bill in the just-ended legislative session that requires insurance plans to waive cost sharing for breast examinations.
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A law passed in the legislative session extends the timeline of a 2019 plan to assist people, many from the Navajo Nation, laid off when the San Juan Generating Station closed.
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New Mexico Chief Justice Shannon Bacon said in January the courts were advocating for the elimination of post-adjudication fees. She called it an unjust practice of paying for government functions on the backs of those who can least afford it.
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Following an hours-long debate, the New Mexico House passed a bill to protect those who provide or seek abortions or gender-affirming care in the state. the measure would enshrine into law safeguards for out-of-state patients and clinicians issued by executive order after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Its passage comes just before the federal government ends the extended Medicaid coverage begun during the worst of the pandemic.
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The New Mexico House on Wednesday approved raises for state supreme court justices and lower court judges. The bill now heads to the governor who vetoed a similar proposal last year.
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His appointment comes as the legislature considers abolishing the position of secretary, and moving back to having a school board.